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      Season 1 – The Kettering Incident

      2016 Drama Crime Mystery & Thriller List
      67% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Dr. Anna Macy finds herself linked to the disappearance of two girls, 15 years apart. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 23 Buy Now

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      The Kettering Incident pushes the boundaries of high-stakes, gripping mystery, albeit occasionally at the expense of deeper character development.

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      Dave O This was a slooooooooowwww moving train. Couldn't finish. The Dr. was unbearable to watch. It sucked! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/17/20 Full Review Audience Member i had a theory when i finished it a couple of weeks ago and honestly i can't even remember what it was. The series kept me on the edge of my seat, i was even looking online for the ending because i couldnt wait any longer(btw i couldnt find any spoilers) It kept me interested and frankly it was better than most of the stuff i find on tv. Netflix has been the place where i have found some of the best whodunit and detective shows. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Harry H The show moves at a very slow pace until the last two episodes. The main character is very hard to have sympathy for. Almost all of the characters lack any reason to care for them. You get stuck watching because of the hopes that something is going to happen or you will finally find out what the heck is going on. The first five episodes could have been done as two. The entire season could have...should have been four episodes. Probably will not watch season 2. Shame, because it has a good story line, and they sure took time to develop some of the characters, just took too long to develop and some very important characters were not developed at all, but simply and suddenly placed near the end of the season. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/10/17 Full Review Audience Member And utterly baffling mystery from Down Under that borrows most of its notes from the other side of the world -- Scandinavian Noir. Impossible to tell the characters apart or understand their motivations, but it looks nice, and Elizabeth Dibecki gives an interesting performance that tilts between icy reserve and mania. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Eight wasted hours. Of note is the fact that there's always a full moon in Tasmania. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Oh me oh my what an incredible little find I stumbled upon in the Amazon Prime Video catalogue. Where do I start? How about with this, "The less you know going into this series, the better. Not sure if you want to watch it? Easy. Did you like Twin Peaks? You did? Good, everyone else does too - me included. 'The Kettering Incident' is the Austrailian equilvilent of Twin Peaks in every sense of weird, bizarre, dark, funny, and over the top with surrealism. Do yourself a favor and start watching now." The Tasmanian Gothic spin on the (commonly-used in less effective ways) story of a missing/dead teenage girl in a small community surrounded by a barrage of spooky forests & DESPERATELY cut off from the "real world" is a MUCH WELCOME entry to the genre by Austrailia's Foxtel TV network. Even if it is (literally) over 25+ years late to the game since Lynch carved his name in television history, that doesn't matter because the fact that Networks and Studios are STILL trying (but often failing) to regenerate even one percent of what David Lynch's first season of Twin Peaks generated tells us two things: that audiences want more of these stories until we get them done well/efficiently, and that Networks want to throw out as many attempts as possible in hopes they hit the nail on the head. The Kettering Incident actually hits that nail, and just in time, too. Seriously. The news over the past 1.5-2 years for any fan of Twin Peaks has been the widely-circulated buzz and promos/ads for the 2017 Showtime production of (What is very likely the most highly-anticipated TV Series continuation-season of all time) 3rd Season of the early 90's cult TV series & film centered on the town of "Twin Peaks." The Kettering Incident makes no apologies - and good on them for being so confident out of the gate - for early and often homages/references to a handful of obvious Lynch-isms. HBO's first season of "True Detective" captured an interesting spin of occultism in a Southern Gothic setting that absolutely luminated what we've mostly been missing from great TV drama since ABC's callous decision to not renew Twin Peaks for a third season in 1992 after ABC had literally forced Lynch to tell everyone who killed Laura Palmer when he never wanted to answer that question at all. So judging by the obvious inspirations The Kettering Incident draws from, the Tasmaniam Gothic-spun story is definitely in DAMN FINE hands. DAMN FINE! Special Agent Cooper gives The Kettering Incident two over-caffeinated thumbs up. (Need more? Google, "Tasmanian Gothic Literature," it's totally a thing - and oh my god why has this never reached American Society? Doesn't matter now that we've found it, I suppose, and stories this Lovecraftian usually come to you when you seek them out I suppose...) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episode 1 Aired Apr 7, 2016 Anna Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend disappeared in the forest. When Anna returns 15 years later, the town is struggling to survive. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 4, 2016 The Lights Anna wakes out of a fugue in her father's house the morning after the party. Meanwhile, Chloe has gone missing and Grayson, Roy and Max seem to be sharing a dark secret. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 7, 2016 The Search Chloe's phone is found crushed in Kettering Forest. Meanwhile, Anna, who has suffered another blackout and woken in Fergus' bed, is adamant she wants to join the search. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 7, 2016 The Mill Forensics deal with Chloe's body while Dutch and Fergus look for clues. Meanwhile, Anna gives conflicting accounts of the time she left the party. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 14, 2016 The Forest Anna is back in Kettering to find all the dogs have gone mad and are biting their owners. Dutch and Fergus learn that Chloe was murdered by a blow to the head by an unidentified weapon. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 14, 2016 Roy Fergus arrives back in Kettering feeling deflated and receives an urgent call from Anna - but he is perturbed to find her at the crime scene and Chloe's car in an empty dam. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 21, 2016 Madness The town is in crisis with the discovery of toxic water. Anna is questioned by Fergus and Dutch after her fingerprints are discovered on evidence relating to the crime scene. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 21, 2016 The Homecoming Anna wakes in the asylum with Dr McKenzie waiting for her, but she stealthily escapes while McKenzie is out of the room. Meanwhile, Dane finally hears Eliza calling from under the dam. Details

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      Rebecca Nicholson Guardian Debicki's muted shock is fine-tuned, and she resists the ripeness that such an out-there character as Anna might invite. It's a great role. Aug 7, 2018 Full Review Deborah Ross Daily Mail (UK) We know the drill. It's unnerving, eerie happenings as played out against a vast landscape. Rated: 2/5 Aug 30, 2017 Full Review Rachel Cooke New Statesman This ponderous, derivative show is what happens when a writer sacrifices character on the altar of plot. The more the plot thickens, the more jaw-achingly tedious it becomes. Mar 1, 2017 Full Review Steve Murray ArtsATL Mostly it feels like a wannabe Twin Peaks, only without much plot, dialogue or characterization. Debicki is forced to mope through the episodes like a sleep walker. Jan 31, 2018 Full Review Jonathan Hatfull SciFiNow Debicki makes for an intriguing lead, it's certainly atmospheric and, in spite of some major flaws and lulls in the storytelling, this is worth a look for anyone wanting something a little stranger from their murder mysteries. Rated: 3/5 Apr 13, 2017 Full Review Mark Sanderson The Arts Desk This is TV made by stupid people - dunces who don't read, chuckle-headed clowns who derive their feeble inspiration from the moving image. Rated: 1/5 Apr 4, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

      Season Info

      Director
      Rowan Woods, Tony Krawitz
      Network
      SHOHANZ
      Rating
      TV-MA
      Genre
      Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English (Australia)
      Release Date
      Apr 7, 2016